India: Today’s news in pictures

Sep 05, 2018 09:30 IST

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Police stand outside the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad following a deadly blast. On Tuesday, in the case related to the 2007 twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad, in which 44 people were killed and 68 injured, two alleged operatives of the Indian Mujahideen were convicted and two others were acquitted by a special court. Verdict on a fifth accused will be pronounced on Monday along with the quantum of sentence on the others. (Noah Seelam / AFP File)

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A portion of the Majerhat Bridge on busy Diamond Harbour Road in south Kolkata reportedly collapsed around 4.45 pm with several people feared to be trapped under it. (ANI)

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Petrol and diesel prices rose for the 10th consecutive day on Tuesday, providing ammunition to opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Petrol is priced per litre at Rs 79.31 in Delhi, Rs 86.72 in Mumbai, Rs 82.22 in Kolkata and Rs 82.41 in Chennai. Diesel is priced per litre at Rs 71.34 in Delhi, Rs 74.19 in Kolkata, Rs 75.74 in Mumbai and Rs 75.39 in Chennai. (Oliver Bunic / Bloomberg File)

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Traffic was hit on the Shimla-Kalka highway after heavy rains in the past 12 hours triggered landslides on Tuesday. The road stretch connecting Tuttikandi to Dhalli was damaged due to a landslide. Shimla was lashed by heavy rain, which resulted in flooding of nullahs near Shanan close to Dhalli resulting road blocked because of debris that flowed along. (Deepak Sansta / HT File)

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With just 20 working days left in the term of CJI Dipak Misra, verdicts in at least 10 important cases, including a key case related to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid are expected over the next few weeks. Misra has also recommended the name of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor in a letter to the government. Justice Gogoi is the senior-most judge of the top court after Chief Justice Misra. (Arun Sharma / PTI File)

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In his first visit to the US as vice president, M Venkaiah Naidu will address people of Indian origin in Chicago at an event to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s speech at the Parliament of Religions in 1893. The event will be held on the last day of the World Hindu Congress, which is held every four years, and is expected to be attended by over 2,500 Hindus from more than 80 countries. (Sushil Kumar / HT File)

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The Union home ministry’s National Emergency Response Centre said on Monday that 1400 people have died from rain and flood related causes since May 28, a number that is almost as high as the 1480 and the 1420 deaths due to such causes in all of 2015 and 2016, making this year’s monsoon one of the most destructive in recent years. (R S Iyer / AP File)

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An Indian Air Force aircraft that had taken off from the IAF’s Jodhpur airbase crashed in Jodhpur’s Banad area in Rajasthan during a routine mission today morning. The pilot of the MiG 27 fighter jet is safe. (ANI)

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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from two accused convicted and two others acquitted in the 2007 twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad case to petrol and diesel prices rising for the 10th consecutive day.